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Meotojite gira gira (2011)
- Director
- TOMINAGA Masanori
- Cast
- AIKAWA Show, AYANO Go, MIURA Masaki
A comical and passionate story that was originally made for a video streaming website for mobile phones. A young man in debt to a warm-hearted moneylender fights to turn his life around in an audacious scheme. Its director is Tominaga Masanori, who h...
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Yoshiko & Yuriko (2011)
- Director
- HAMANO Sachi
- Cast
- Nahana, Hitomitoi, OSUGI Ren
A drama based on a true story about a little-known love affair between Yuasa Yoshiko, a translator of Russian literature, and Nakajo (nee Miyamoto) Yuriko, a novelist who was also married to the leader of the Japanese Communist Party. Its director is...
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Vampire Stories “Chasers” (2011)
- Director
- GOTO Hikaru
- Cast
- BABA Toru, MAKITA Tetsuya, KATO Kazuki
The second part of a two-part vampire movie, made with the same cast and crew. A young man who suddenly turns into a vampire throws himself into a battle to change his fate. University student Shu (Baba Toru) and his friends are enjoying a barbeque w...
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Part 1 (2011)
- Director
- TACHIBANA Masaki
- Cast
- KANDA Akemi, SAIGA Mitsuki, SHIOYAMA Yuka
Film celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of Nihon Falcom Corporation, venerable producers of videogames. Animated version of the three-part Trails in the Sky from the popular game series The Legend of Heroes, in which young lovers j...
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ENKIRIMURA～DEAD・END・SURVIVAL～ (2011)
- Director
- TSUBAKI Koichi
- Cast
- FUJIE Reina, YAGAMI Ren, OKADA Mayuka
Suspense horror film starring Fujie Reina of the extraordinarily popular female idol group AKB48 as a ghost. Members of a TV crew who have ventured into a cursed village are savagely murdered, one after another. Residents of Hinode town in Tokyo's Ni...
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UNDERWATER LOVE (2011)
- Director
- IMAOKA Shinji
- Cast
- MASAKI Sawa, UMEZAWA Yoshiro, NARITA Ai
A musical Japanese-German co-production directed by Imaoka Shinji, known for his pink films, and shot by Christopher Doyle. Cannery worker Asuka (Masaki Sawa) is about to be married and leads a happy life, until the day she is reunited with a former ...
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Vampire Stories “Brothers” (2011)
- Director
- GOTO Hikaru
- Cast
- YANAGISHITA Tomo, SUZUKI airi, KATO Kazuki
The first part of a two-part vampire movie, made with the same cast and crew. It dramatically depicts the sorrowful fate of brothers descended from vampires, while also featuring frenetic swordfights. When the university friends of Sei (Yanagishita T...
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An Assassin (2011)
- Director
- OHARA Go
- Cast
- BABA Ryoma, KUBOTA Yuki, IWATA Sayuri
In this violence-filled action film, former stuntman and renowned action filmmaker Ohara Go gives a tough portrayal of a girl and ruthless assassin on the run. Based on a story of the same title by Shindo Fuyuki, whose numerous other works, including...
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Zero Man vs. the Half Virgin (2011)
- Director
- SATO Sakichi
- Cast
- ITAKURA Chihiro, Shijimi, YAMAMOTO Hiroshi
The sixth film in the second season of the "Seishun H" series, in which up-and-coming filmmakers exhibit their originality through themes of youth and sex. Director Sato Sakichi consistently makes films filled with a unique sense of humor, and is als...
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Made in japan Kora! (2011)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Banmei
- Cast
- MATSUDA Miyuki, ONISHI Ayaka, YAMAJI Kazuhiro
The second film from the "Kitashirakawa-ha Eiga Geijutsu Undo" (Kitashirakawa-group film art movement), a series of co-productions between professionals and students based at the Kyoko University of Arts and Design Department of Film Production. Dire...
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Omlette Rice (2011)
- Director
- KIMURA Yuichi
- Cast
- KIMURA Yuichi, AKASHIYA Sanma, IZUMIYA Shigeru
An omnibus film directed by and starring the multitalented Kimura Yuichi, who is active as a comedian, actor, film director, and chef. This delusional comedy offers a glimpse into the mind of Kimura who is a dedicated practitioner of "shajutsu," a Ja...
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in the style of CHIRUMI (2011)
- Director
- KAWASHIMA Genji
- Cast
- HAMADA Michiru, HOSHIDO Kazunari, KAWASHIMA Genji
An entry in Project Dengeki, a screening program introducing short works by up-and-coming directors selected by filmmaker and film school tutor Daikuhara Masaki. This comedy with a fake documentary format is directed by Daikuhara's student Kawashima ...
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I love you，my sister (2011)
- Director
- SANO Masaki
- Cast
- KUBO Shion, NAITO Eisuke, KATO Ayaka
An entry in Project Dengeki, a screening program introducing short works by up-and-coming directors selected by filmmaker and film school tutor Daikuhara Masaki. Its director is Sano Maki, a longtime protege of prominent independent filmmaker Izuchi ...
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Most unspoilt love (2011)
- Director
- DAIKUHARA Masaki
- Cast
- CHOSOKABE Yoko, KITAYAMA Masayasu, INOHARA Miyoko
An entry in Project Dengeki, a screening program introducing short works by up-and-coming directors selected by filmmaker and film school tutor Daikuhara Masaki. This film is directed by Daikuhara himself, who also initiated the project. It stars Cho...
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THUNDERBOLT (2011)
- Director
- WATANABE Ai
- Cast
- MIWA Reika, ANDO Tadafumi, HATANO Momoko
An entry in Project Dengeki, a screening program introducing short works by up-and-coming directors selected by filmmaker and film school tutor Daikuhara Masaki. This drama, the directorial debut of Watanabe Ai, showcases her unique outlook. Its prot...
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My Sis Violates an Insect Taboo (2011)
- Director
- DAIKUHARA Masaki
- Cast
- CHOSOKABE Yoko, OKABE Nao, MORITA Aki
A mystery inspired by the ancient Chinese black magic ritual "Ko," in which small animals or insects are placed in a receptacle and made to fight to the death, after which the survivor is endowed with a powerful mystical force. Director Daikuhara Mas...
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Kumo no Ito (2011)
- Director
- AKIHARA Masatoshi
- Cast
- HIRA Mikijiro, TAKAHATA Kotomi, TORIHADA Minoru
A dark fantasy that blends the worlds of Akutagawa Ryunosuke's representative work "The Spider's Thread" and his short stories "God of Aguni" and "Tobacco and the Devil". Renowned actor Hira Mikijiro makes his first starring appearance in a film for ...
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Living the Silent Spring (2011)
- Director
- SAKATA Masako
- Cast
Documentary dealing with the scars left behind by Agent Orange, which was used during the Vietnam War. Director Sakata Masako has continued her filming of people in Vietnam and the U.S. who were victims of Agent Orange, and her previous work Agent Or...
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YARIKON -ONSEN GIRL There's (2011)
- Director
- YAMAMOTO Kiyoshi
- Cast
- MORINAGA Maaya, MARUTAKA Manami, ITO Emi
An action comedy and live-action adaptation of Hiramoto Akira's eponymous manga that powerfully depicts a battle between hot springs "companions" and a mysterious enemy, with sexy scenes thrown into the mix. Its director is horror film specialist Yam...
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Kimie (2011)
- Director
- NISHIMURA Shinya
- Cast
- KIRIYAMA Ren, TODA Masahiro, URYU Misaki
Romantic drama depicting the emotional resurrection of a youth who has lost someone dear. The lead is played by Kiriyama Ren, who made a name for himself with the special effects action film . With this film he displays a sensitive side that overturn...
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HOUSEHOLD X (2011)
- Director
- YOSHIDA Kohki
- Cast
- MINAMI Kaho, TAGUCHI Tomorowo, KAKU Tomohiro
The 20th Pia Film Festival Scholarship Film is directed by the spectacular Yoshida Koki, recipient of the 2008 Special Jury Prize at Pia Film Festival, a place where young film directors launch their careers. This caustic family drama was screened in...
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Picking Up Flowers (2011)
- Director
- SATO Toshiki
- Cast
- WADA Misa, YOSHIOKA Mutsuo, KOJIMA Ayano
The fifth film in the second season of the "Seishun H" series, in which up-and-coming filmmakers exhibit their originality through themes of youth and sex. Director Sato Toshiki is known as one of the masters of the erotic "pink film" genre. Asako (W...
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Shinrei Byoto Sasayaku Shitai (2011)
- Director
- FUKUTANI Osamu
- Cast
- HAGA Yuria, TANIUCHI Risa, KANA
Paranormal horror film depicting the terrifying experiences of a new nurse at a hospital with a storied past. Script and direction by Fukutani Osamu, whose film The Last Supper won the Runner-up Grand Prize at Scotland's International Horror Film Fes...
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Dover channel swimming ～The challenge of Orihimes(Vegas)～ (2011)
- Director
- NAKAJIMA Hisae
- Cast
- OKOCHI Fumiko, TORIZUKA Shizuko, HARADA Kyoko
Documentary closely following a team of six women ages fifty-four to sixty-seven years over a two-year period as they attempt a relay across the Straights of Dover. Directed by Nakajima Hisae, who has directed numerous pieces for NHK Educational TV. ...
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HOTEL FLOWERS (2011)
- Director
- OTSUKI Eiji
- Cast
- HARA Mikie, MORISHITA Yuuri
A crime drama starring two top gravure idols. A woman who runs a resort hotel forms a bizarre friendship with a female guest. Directed, written, shot, and edited by straight-to-video veteran Otsuki Eiji. Misono (Hara Mikie), who single-handedly manag...
